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An expression of intelligence?

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You are your smartphone, and your smartphone is you.

It is, by now, an accepted wisdom that your choice of pocket computer says more about you than perhaps even you might articulate.

These pages are evidence that such a choice elicits a competitive element. So might I present a supposedly objective piece of educational research that shows iPhone users are a touch smarter than users of other phones?

As with all the finest educational research, this was sponsored by a betting company, Britain’s Ladbrokes.

It gave 2,000 human beings the Test Of Wits. This is a compendium of seven brain teasers that purports to examine just how sharp you are.

Before the human beings began the test, each had to state the manufacturer of his or her smartphone.

The results will cause pain to some and an increased level of arrogance among others. You see, Apple users were the victors. Yes, those vain, design-conscious poseurs (disclosure: I myself own an iPhone) do indeed have the sharpest minds.

As the Daily Mail reports, iPhone owners solved the Test of … [Read more]

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This cat must be part of the Imperial fleet and he doesn’t even try to hide it. Either that or he is an a never ending war with that TIE Fighter on his fur. Maybe the Empire sends him out to act as a decoy to fool other animals and distract them.

This cat is owned by Ella McConnell, who must make spaceship and laser noises every time it walks by. I know I would. This cat needs to watch out for X-wing cats if he wants to avoid a fight. Maybe he could just face the other way and let it pass.

This is just more proof that God loves Star Wars. Not the prequels though. That is the devil’s work.

[via Club Jade via Nerd Approved]

A couch potato will definitely be able to identify with the idea of controlling everything right there and then from the couch itself without having to lift one finger more than necessary. Even better if here is also another kind of robotic assistant that is able to deliver food and drinks to you at your whim and fancy. If that describes you perfectly, then you would definitely be able to identify with the introduction of the Huntkey TV Power Strip, where a solitary TV remote controller is able to ensure that your entire living room TV set up can be fooled around with without having to do what mere mortals do.

With the Huntkey Power Strip (model SZK406), it takes just a handful of steps when it comes to configuring the peripheral itself before you are able to keep your butt planted on the La-Z-Boy chair itself. Once you have inserted all of the power plugs of the slew of electrical appliances into the corresponding jacks on the extension socket, followed by pointing the remote control at the extension socket, the power strip will then be activated by itself, no worries. Within a single minute after the extension socket boots up, you can then point the remote controller at the TV set. Pressing it would turn the entire TV set on.

Apart from giving freedom to your feet so that they can relax more, this smart TV power strip has another advantage which would have your home’s accountant smiling at the end of the day – it boasts of power-saving capability, in comparison to traditional power strips. You will find able to find a standby mode come in handy, helping lower the power consumption of stereo sets, in addition to having them work in a more intelligent manner while offering safe technologies which will be able to conform to each country’s safety standards. There is no word on pricing as at press time though, so we will have to wait and see.

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[ Huntkey TV Power Strip makes life easier in the living room copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]